@member18146: "Well that's it ! I've given my notice, and I fly out to Perth on
13th January (yes I know it's a Friday) Booked with Singapore Air
because of the total journey time of 18 ish hours and they have
confirmed double baggage allowance. Just under £2k for 2 adults & 2
kids. There was a cheaper flight with Korean Air but the journey time
was over 30 hours and hanging around in airports is not fun when you
have little children. I suppose there will be lots of room on the plane
that date. Anyone else going Singapore Air that day?
Only a few things left to do now, sell some stuff we don't want to
take, ship the rest, and move our dog. Our dog has been quoted at £1618
plus import/export permits, vet costs & quarantine. This is the only
quote we have got back so far – from AirSupplyShipping. We have about
3 weeks to decide on a shipping company for him, so if anyone knows
anything about this company or knows a better one, please let me know.
We are going to ship some stuff that we can't replace easily in Perth,
but it's mainly sentimental stuff. We have only one quote so far from
'Excess Baggage' but we are waiting for other quotes, and we are in
no hurry, this stuff can arrive anytime in the next 6 months. I'm
lucky enough to have a job to go to, which I'll start after I've
settled, one less thing to worry about.
Will write an update as soon as we have one.
Take care all.
Mike
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    @member31954: "<quote>
Hi Mike, great news. Very exciting.  We are also looking at going
Singapore Airlines, did you book online or with a travel agent?  We are
also looking at going early Jan, and also just sending a few boxes.
Which other companies are you going to for quotes?  We are flying to
Brisbane, but heading for Toowoomba.
Cheers
Fairgoes
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    @member18146: "<quote>
Hi Fairgoes,
I booked using <url> and ended up phoning an agent who found
a much better price that the one shown online. The same flight on the
singapore air website was £680 more total, leaving 10:15pm
Britannia have got our details for a quote, so does Bakers overseas ltd.
(<url> (<url>
Britannia have had our quote request for 2 weeks, I'll ring them
tomorrow to see what the hell is going on.
Were heading north of Perth to Joondalup or maybe a bit further north.
We havent sorted our house yet, but it's next on the list.
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    @member44094: "<quote>
Try <url> for your excess baggage - I used them from UK to
Brisbane and they were excellent and cheaper than excess baggage.
Good luck!
PS. Singapore Airlines are excellent!
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